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1 Postsecondary Bioethics Degrees Conferred in the United States, 2000-2013 Presented to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues September 2, 2015 Lisa M Lee, PhD, MA, MS Executive Director 2 Lee LM, McCarty FA.

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Postsecondary Bioethics Degrees Conferred in the United States, 2000-2013

Presented to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues September 2, 2015 Lisa M Lee, PhD, MA, MS Executive Director

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Lee LM, McCarty FA. Postsecondary bioethics degrees conferred in the United States, 2000-2013. Hastings Center Report 2015 (in press).

The findings and conclusions reported here are those

  • f the authors and do not necessarily represent the
  • fficial positions of our home institutions.
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  • Bioethics has grown rapidly since its ‘birth’ in 1960s
  • Debate regarding whether bioethics is a discipline,

field, or something else

  • Teaching competency has been a concern from the

start

Background

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  • The Hastings Center: The Teaching of Bioethics,

1976 – Described scope of bioethics teaching – Handful of small-scale programs within philosophy and religion departments – MA, PhD unnecessary in late 1970s – Left door open for creation of formal degree programs

Background

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  • Efforts over past decade to develop methods and

theory

  • Calls for integrated training and dual competence
  • New programs enrolling bioethics ‘majors’
  • Objective: To examine the number and types of US

bioethics degrees and programs since 2000

Background

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  • Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)

– National Center for Education Statistics – Requirement for institutions participating in federal financial aid program

  • Degree coded by Classification of Instructional Programs

(CIP) system – Four revisions since 1985, most recent in 2010 – Bioethics (2000) and applied/professional ethics (2010)

Methods

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Results

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Number of Degrees Conferred Year Degree Conferred

Number of Postsecondary Bioethics Degrees Conferred, United States, 2003-2013

Bachelor PostBachelor Cert Master PostMaster Cert Doctoral

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Results

5 10 15 20 25 30 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Number of Instutions Conferring Degrees Year

Number of Postsecondary Institutions Conferring Bioethics and Applied Ethics Degrees, United States, 2003-2013

Bachelor Certificate Master Doctoral

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  • Data likely underestimate both number of degrees

and number of programs – Uptake of new codes takes 1-2 years

  • Does not represent the number of bioethicists

– Training of persons who consider themselves bioethicists varies

  • Unable to assess consistency across programs

Limitations

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  • Since turn of century, number of degrees and degree

programs has grown at both undergraduate and graduate levels

  • Greatest growth in master’s degrees and certificates

– Indicates persons studying bioethics are prepared in other primary disciplines – Augmentation of professional disciplinary credentials

Findings

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Findings Philosophy Science Medicine Technology Law

Bioethics

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  • Accreditation standards and consistency across

programs – What can one expect to gain from postsecondary training in bioethics? – What does it mean to have a master’s degree in bioethics?

  • Reflection on what it means to be a ‘bioethicist’

Possible Next Steps for the Field

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Thank you